Sunday, January 16, 2011

The Killer Original Hong Kong Poster

A late reply to KingWho?, here is my Xmas swag 2010, it is only one thing but its a goodie. The original HK poster for John Woo's The Killer.

I already had an original of the US release poster, but I remember seeing this one on a wall on a dvd extra or tv documentary that I can't remember now, and thought it looked cool, I have wanted one ever since then and luckily for me my wonderful wife snagged one for me, it was just a little late in the post but well worth the wait. Hope you like it as much as I do.

About Me

I discovered Hong Kong cinema over 20 years ago when Channel 4 showed a series of Hong Kong ghost stories which included screenings of Rouge and Encounters of the spooky kind. I watched them all and wanted more,next up was Jonathan Ross' Incredibly strange film show on Tsui Hark where they showed a clip of Chow Yun Fat hiding guns in plant pots from A better tomorrow and the shootout that follows. My mind was blown there and then but the thing that made me a fan forever more was seeing a trailer on a palace video release for The killer. Ever since I have been watching and spending far too much money on HK related goodies (and the kit to watch them on). The blog is somewhere to put my thoughts on my HK passion, a passion that refuses to die even though HK cinema is struggling at the moment.